信条Tenet Movie Script

PROTAGONIST (CONT'D) Did the team get clear?

FAY:

No. Private Russians, we think.

PROTAGONIST:

Somebody talked.

FAY:

Not you. You chose to die instead of giving up your colleagues.

EXT. DECK OF THE BOAT – LATER The Protagonist stands in the wind, contemplating the horizon.

FAY (O.S.) We all believe we’d run into the burning building, but until we feel that heat... we can never know. You do.

I resign.

PROTAGONIST:

FAY:

You don’t work for us – you’re dead.

The Protagonist turns to Fay, confused.

FAY (CONT'D) Your duty transcends national interests. This is about survival.

Whose?

PROTAGONIST:

FAY:

Everyone’s. There’s a cold war.

Cold as ice. To even know its true nature is to lose.

(MORE) FAY (CONT'D) This is knowledge divided – all I have for you is a gesture – (interlaces his fingers) – in combination with a word – ‘tenet’. Use it carefully, it’ll open the right doors, but some of the wrong ones, too.

PROTAGONIST:

That’s all they’ve told you?

FAY:

The test you passed?

(beat) Not everybody does.

Fay breaks eye contact with the Protagonist. The boat continues to nose into the swell.

EXT. LAUNCH, WIND FARM AT SEA – DUSK The Protagonist is driven away from the boat on a launch, towards the GIANT WHITE TURBINES of the ocean wind farm.

The launch SLIPS amongst them, seeking the ladder of a particular one... The Protagonist climbs the ladder to a door. He tries it – it’s open. He turns to see the launch move off into the gathering dark. The Protagonist ENTERS the wind turbine.

INT. WIND TURBINE – CONTINUOUS In the bare space, the Protagonist finds a SPORTS BAG, a COT, a pallet of WATER and PROTEIN BARS. He opens the sports bag to find passports, cash, credit cards and a HI-VIZ VEST.

Under the vest is a small black cylinder. He unscrews the top to find three SILVER SUICIDE PILLS. The Protagonist shakes his head as he tosses them back into the bag.

INT. WIND TURBINE – LATER The Protagonist EATS, DRINKS and EXERCISES by CLIMBING the endless interior ladder of the turbine. The stash of food and water SHRINKS... The Protagonist does PULL-UPS at the very top of the ladder, FEET DANGLING over the VERTIGINOUS DROP... INT. WIND TURBINE – MORNING The Protagonist is woken by a repeated AIR HORN. He pulls himself off the cot, opens the door to find – EXT. WIND TURBINE – CONTINUOUS A large CATAMARAN nosed up to the windmill, ladder in place, MAINTENANCE CREW in HI-VIZ VESTS moving on and off the turbine. Other boats service other turbines. The Protagonist pulls on his VEST and CLIMBS down onto the catamaran.